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A novel method for estimating distributions of body mass index
BACKGROUND: Understanding trends in the distribution of body mass index (BMI) is a critical aspect of monitoring the global overweight and obesity epidemic. Conventional population health metrics often only focus on estimating and reporting the mean BMI and the prevalence of overweight and obesity,...
Autores principales: | Ng, Marie, Liu, Patrick, Thomson, Blake, Murray, Christopher J. L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4789291/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26973438 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12963-016-0076-2 |
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